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Back in the Day
Used to drink mongoose monkey ball tea
when I worked the topics.
Nothing important,
but did manage the comma division for awhile,
and once italicized an entire sentence,
on . . . my . . . own . . .
so am used to regulating my regime.
I don’t piss on flowers,
but do write a fine thank you note
when the proper angles combine
and light skipslips over paper like slick ice
with no breaks.
Which returns me to tea
man that monkey ball grew hair on your orbs
ever morn before storm
every night after light
so much you couldn’t sleep
would creep deep into dark
seeking spark to arc life’s march.
and of course for the more morose
more mongoose monkey ball tea
before heading out to sea
to see what we could be.
– Smith, 2.16.2014
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